Jim McGreevey

Jim McGreevey (6 August 1957-) was Governor of New Jersey (D) from 15 January 2002 to 15 November 2004, interrupting Richard Codey's two terms. He was forced to resign after he was accused of sexually harassing a male colleague.

Biography
James Edward McGreevey was born to an Irish Catholic family in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1957, and he grew up in nearby Carteret. He worked as an assistant prosecutor and as executive director of the state parole board before entering politics as a Democratic Party member, and he served in the General Assembly from 1990 to 1992, as Mayor of Woodbridge Township from 1992 to 2002, and in the State Senate from 1994 to 1998. In 1997, he was defeated by Republican Party challenger Christine Todd Whitman during the gubernatorial election, but he was finally elected Governor in 2001. He raised the cigarette tax and the state income tax for the wealthy, and he signed a domestic partnership law into effect in 2004. However, his governorship was corrupt, and he appointed the Israeli Golan Cipel as his security advisor (despite being a foreigner). McGreevey's sexual harassment of Cipel led to McGreevey's coming out as gay and his concurrent resignation.